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- de Vroome, E.M.M. (author), Uegaki, K. (author), van der Ploeg, C.P.B. (author), Treutlein, D.B. (author), Steenbeek, R. (author), de Weerd, M. (author), van den Bossche, S.N.J. (author) article 2015
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Lambeek, L.C. (author), van Tulder, M.W. (author), Swinkels, I.C.S. (author), Koppes, L.L.J. (author), Anema, J.R. (author), van Mechelen, W. (author)Study Design.: Cost of illness study. Objective.: To investigate the total costs of back pain in the Netherlands over the years 2002 to 2007. Summary of Background Data.: In 1991, the cost of back pain to the Dutch society was estimated at &OV0556;4.2 billion. In the last two decades, new laws regarding health insurance and sickness benefits and...article 2011
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Steenstra, I.A. (author), Anema, J.R. (author), van Tulder, M.W. (author), Bongers, P.M. (author), de Vet, H.C.W. (author), van Mechelen, W. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Objective: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of a return to work (RTW) program for workers on sick-leave due to low back pain (LBP), comparing a workplace intervention implemented between 2 to 8 weeks of sick-leave with usual care, and a clinical intervention after 8 weeks of sick-leave with usual care. Design: Economic...article 2006
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van Exel, N.J.A. (author), Koopmanschap, M.A. (author), van den Berg, B. (author), Brouwer, W.B.F. (author), van den Bos, G.A.M. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)Background: We assessed the objective and subjective burden of caregiving for stroke patients and investigated which characteristics of the patient, the informal caregiver and the objective burden contribute most to subjective burden and to the condition of feeling substantially burdened. Methods: We studied a sample of 151 stroke survivors and...article 2005
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Bousquet, J. (author), Demarteau, N. (author), Mullol, J. (author), van den Akker-van Marle, M.E. (author), van Ganse, E. (author), Bachert, C. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)Background: Allergic rhinitis was recently classified by the ARIA guidelines as persistent or intermittent. Levocetivizine was shown to improve symptoms and health-related quality of life of patients with persistent allergic rhinitis in the XPERT™ study, a 6-month randomized double blind placebo-controlled trial. Objective: To assess the total...article 2005
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van Exel, N.J.A. (author), Brouwer, W.B.F. (author), van den Berg, B. (author), Koopmanschap, M.A. (author), van den Bos, G.A.M. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)Objective: Prevailing measures of subjective caregiver burden either have no overall summary score or do not consider the relative importance caregivers attach to different dimensions of burden. Our aim was to assess which dimensions informal caregivers perceive as being important to their overall burden from care giving. Design: Cross-sectional...article 2004
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Bongers, P.M. (author), TNO Arbeid (author)Shoulder pain is widespread and imposes a considerable burden on the affected person and society. Women seem to have more shoulder problems than men, and the frequency of shoulder pain increases with age. Smoking and previous trauma are associated with shoulder pain. A recent systematic review of the literature by van der Windt et al looked at...article 2001
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Perenboom, R.J.M. (author), Boshuizen, H.C. (author), Breteler, M.M.B. (author), Alewijn, O. (author), van de Water, H.P.A. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)To gain an insight into the burden of dementia in an aging society, life expectancy with dementia and its counterpart dementia-free life expectancy (DemFLE) in The Netherlands are presented. Sullivan's method was used to calculate DemFLE. For elderly living either independently or in homes for the elderly prevalence figures on dementia were...article 1996